Hog Hunting
Public Rambling: Atchafalaya Delta WMA yields exciting hog hunt
The eagerly awaited bow season has begun, and I have already made several hunts down at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Perfect 8-point goes down in Beauregard Parish
When it comes to hunting and killing big bucks, everything pretty much hinges on fate.[…]
Hunting
2015 Youth Hunter of the Year registration open now
If you’re a Louisiana hunter 15 or under who enjoys being in the outdoors and can write a story about your experience, you just might be selected as the 2015 Youth Hunter of the Year.[…]
Columns
Settling the score: How bucks are officially measured and scored
Just like every other hunter, I am overjoyed at the arrival of fall and another hunting season. We wait all summer for our favorite time of year, and when it finally arrives the hunt is on.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bowhunter greeted by timber rattler in Bienville Parish deer stand
Over the years, seasoned deer hunters have experienced any number of unwelcome guests in their stands, including ever-present wasps, some squirrels, maybe a coon or two and perhaps even an owl, among others. […]
Hunting
Double up on deer, squirrels
Theodore Roosevelt called shooting small game while hunting big game the cardinal sin for hunters.[…]
Columns
My approach to camera surveillance
Comparing where we are these days regarding surveillance of whitetail deer with where things were back 15 to 20 years ago is somewhat like comparing a WWI biplane to a modern fighter jet.[…]
Deer Hunting
Debunking the spike rule when deer hunting
Hunters interested in improving the quality of bucks in their herds often make mistakes when it comes to which deer need to be culled.[…]
Deer of the Year
Alexandria hunter sticks 150-inch Tensas Parish buck in full velvet
The first time was the charm for Ben Elkins last weekend when he decided to hunt a bottleneck between a ridge and a borrow pit that had been dug to construct the Mississippi River levee in Tensas Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to score a transition buck this hunting season
A lot of deer hunters don’t count on much during that transition period between the time whitetails leave their early season patterns and the rut cranks up, but that’s when South Carolina hunter Lucas Board expects to have his best chance of the season at a nice buck.[…]
Deer Hunting
200-class Avoyelles Parish buck arrowed illegally on Saturday, LDWF says
A non-typical 200-class buck arrowed in Avoyelles Parish Saturday was allegedly taken by an Abbeville man whose hunting privileges had been revoked, according to a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Hunting
D’Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge offers great fishing, too
How many places are there where you can put the boat in the bayou, motor up to a flooded hardwood flat and kill ducks in the morning, and then stop and catch crappie and bass on your way back to the truck?[…]
Sidebars
Blue Collar Decoys
Blue Collar Decoys are custom-made decoys designed to durable, lifelike and second to none when it comes to colors.[…]
Deer Hunting
Craig’s must-have equipment
The first item that bowyer Gary Pat Craig puts on his must-have bowhunting list might surprise people.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to make your own scent killer
On the Beverly Hillbillies, Granny never would share her recipe for moonshine.[…]
Sidebars
Light loads are perfect for September teal
Early migrating teal typically include a lot of juvenile birds in the fall flight and are just coming off their summer molt.[…]